Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney

Inheritance

Single falsetto note

[Little Richard] would say, 'I taught Paul everything he knows'. [...] I had to admit he was right.

Paul McCartney, Twitter (2020)

Paul McCartney sometimes sings a single note in falsetto, in imitation of Little Richard who did it before him.

Transcript of a line from Paul McCartney's 1969 song Oh Darling.
Oh Darling (1969)

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Transcript of a line from Paul McCartney's 1980 song Waterfalls.
Transcript of a line from TLC's 1994 song Waterfalls.
Transposed from Eb.

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